Houses OKs prescription fraud bill

CHEYENNE - The Wyoming House of Representatives has given
preliminary approval to a bill that would make forgery of a drug
prescription a felony.

House Speaker Colin Simpson is sponsoring the bill. The Cody
Republican said passing it would allow law enforcement agencies to
charge people who forge prescriptions to get drugs at an
appropriate level.

Simpson said he's heard from law enforcement that 10 people died
from abuse of prescription drugs in three months last year.

Rep. Timothy Hallinan, a Republican from Gillette who's also a
medical doctor, said most of the people forging prescriptions are
addicts. He questioned whether it makes more sense to send them to
prison or to a treatment program.

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